Tulsa County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Tulsa County: 16.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jun 17, 2023Thunderstorm Wind$160 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm wind, gusting to over 100 mph at times, resulted in at least $160 million in estimated damage across Tulsa County during this severe thunderstorm. Debris removal and damage to the utility infrastructure across the county accounted for about $57 million of that estimate. Some people were without power for over a week.

2. Dec 8, 2007Ice Storm, Tulsa$101 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Up to two inches of ice accumulated on trees, power lines, and other exposed surfaces.

3. Apr 5, 2005Hail$65.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A supercell thunderstorm moved north-northeast across the central portion of Tulsa County producing a several mile wide swath of large, damaging hail. Reports of golfball or larger hail was common in a densely populated area of the county from Jenks to across the City of Tulsa. The largest hailstones reported were 3 inches in diameter. Many automobiles, homes, and businesses were damaged by the hailstorm.

4. Aug 6, 2017Tornado$50.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado developed over a neighborhood east of S Harvard Avenue and south of E 36th Street S, where large tree limbs were snapped and homes were damaged. The tornado moved east-southeast crossing S Yale Avenue where numerous trees and power poles were snapped. Numerous businesses were damaged or destroyed between S Yale Avenue and S Sheridan Road along and within a few blocks of E 41st Street S. Some of the worst damage in the path was in this area. Some of the businesses in the area had the roofs blown off the structure and some had exterior walls blown down. Several vehicles were rolled in this area, and reportedly 30 people were injured there. Numerous other businesses…

5. Nov 18, 2003Hail$20.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Baseball hail was reported at 31st and Harvard and then again at 21st and Harvard. The hail broke windows and damaged numerous roofs of buildings and cars. Damage is estimated; pending supplemental insurance reports.

6. Mar 6, 2026Tornado$7.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   This is the second segment of a two-segment tornado. The tornado crossed into Tulsa County near W Apache Street. The tornado damaged many homes and snapped numerous large tree limbs between the county line and the Gilcrease Expressway. It continued to move northeast damaging many homes north of the Gilcrease Expressway, and intensified as it approached E 36th Street N. An office building was severely damaged and the Tulsa Technology Center was severely damaged as the tornado approached N Peoria Avenue. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in that area. The tornado moved north-northeast across E 46th Street N and dissipated north of E 61st Street N. Many homes were damaged, a…

7. Jun 2, 2004Thunderstorm Wind$4.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm winds estimated near 80 miles an hour blew glass windows out of the the Adams Mark Hotel downtown. Not too far away the Wiltel building received structural damage to its northeast facade including several broken glass windows. One person was injured by the breaking glass. Areas just to the south and southeast side of downtown suffered major power outages which took days to completely fix.As many as 70,000 Tulsa area customers were without power at the peek of the outage. American Electric Power estimated the cost was several million dollars to repair the damages in the Tulsa area.

8. May 6, 2000Flash Flood$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rains fell across Tulsa county beginning the evening of May 5 and continuing through the night before ending the morning of May 6. The bulk of the rain fell over the western and southern parts of the county with 6.81 inches at Sand Springs and 5.84 inches at Jenks. Tulsa International Airport recorded 2.83 inches of rain. The most damage due to the flooding occurred in the Meadow Valley subdivision in Sand Springs. 115 homes were flooded in this subdivision as Fisher Creek overflowed. Flood damage was also reported in Jenks, Bixby, Glenpool, south Tulsa and Broken Arrow. Numerous roads and intersections were flooded. A few of the highways which were closed were Highway 75…

9. Jun 6, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$2.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A microburst occurred near the fairgrounds. There was extensive damage north to south from 11th Street to 21st Street and from east to west from Yale to the Broken Arrow Expressway. Wind speeds were estimated at 85 miles an hour based on the damage. 1420 homes were damaged, two of which received major damage as large trees were blown down onto them. At one time, 13,000 residents near the damaged area were without power.There was extensive roof damage at the fairgrounds and several rides at Bell's Amusement park were damaged. The most notable damage was the roof being peeled back at the trade center, the roof being stripped to the sheet metal at the exchange center, and the 80 year…

10. Jun 12, 2006Lightning$2.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    A fuel tank which contained 5 million gallons of gasoline was struck by lightning causing a fire. The fuel tank was part of a tank farm near Glenpool. 800,000 gallons of fuel burned with much of the rest being pumped out of the tank. The tank was originally 48 feet tall and when the fire was finally put out by covering it with a chemical foam it stood at 20 feet tall. The fire started early in the morning and was put out early that evening. Residents from five surrounding homes voluntarily evacuated. Traffic on nearby Highway 75 was rerouted for a time.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

113°FAug 3, 2011

All-time low

−13°FFeb 16, 2021

Warmest night

88°F2 times, most recently Jul 31, 2012

Coldest day

5°F2 times, most recently Feb 15, 2021

Wettest day

7.54 inJul 27, 1963

Snowiest day

13.2 inFeb 1, 2011

Hottest year

2012mean 64.7°F

Coldest year

1940mean 58.0°F

Wettest year

197369.88 in

Driest year

193922.56 in

Snowiest season

26.1 in2010-11

Station Tulsa International Airport (USW00013968), 639 ft elevation, 6.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1938 to October 26, 2026; 99.9% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00013968.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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